Born in the North of England at the tail end of the baby boom, Jeanette was brought up by her mum, stepdad, grandparents and the local library. She stayed in North West England for her degrees (in environment and pollution related subjects) before spending a brief stint in London. She came back to Lancashire as the Berlin Wall fell, bringing with her a Yorkshireman who she later married. She's spent the last thirty years in a variety of jobs and volunteer roles, and is the author of the Ransomed Hearts series about a family of shapeshifters in Lancashire.